Corey Rosenbloom: As we update the current picture of the S&P 500 Index, we find that not much has changed from last week’s mid-week update, at least in terms of the “Bear Flag” Trendline Boundaries. Read more…
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Chris Vermeulen: Chris Friday’s strong move to the upside caught a lot of traders on the wrong side of the market. Regardless of whether financial pundits refer to it as a short-squeeze or simply panic level buying is largely irrelevant. Time and price are always the final arbiters Read more…
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Sy Harding: Another week of economic reports adds to the likelihood of a summer correction in the stock market again this year, and even to the possibility that it has already begun. Read more…
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Toby Connor: Today is a classic example of why I have been warning traders not to push the long side of the stock market. When these creeper trends finally break they often generate a crash or semi crash type of profit-taking event. Read more…
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John Townsend: Last April I wrote an article titled Fibonacci Gold and to tell you the truth, I have always been very proud of that analysis and particularly so regarding the beauty and elegance of the Read more…
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Sy Harding: Most investors are aware of the market’s various seasonal patterns. In the Four-Year Presidential Cycle the market has a strong tendency to be positive in the last two years of each Read more…
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Larry Edelson: Everyone is up in arms because, as I pen this column, gold (NYSEArca:GLD) has rallied above $1,700 … silver (NYSEArca:SLV) has jumped as high as $33.79 … and the broader stock markets (NYSEArca:SPY) have risen to the top of the resistance ceiling I’ve previously cited at the Dow Read more…
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Corey Rosenbloom: One of the main activities that trip up traders, especially new traders, is the concept of continual price movement in one direction without meaningful pullbacks – also known as “powerful trends,” “creeper trends,” or “positive feedback loops.” Read more…
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Andy Crowder: The SPDR S&P 500 ETF (
NYSEArca:SPY) has advanced a staggering 8.7% over the past month. For reference, 8.7% is typically the average ANNUAL gain for the S&P 500 – and we’ve
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John Townsend: With the Sunday overnight trade about to begin in the Asian futures market, how about we take a look at what could be the mother of all trend line breaks this week. Yes, I’m talking Read more…
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David Gillie: Don’t panic—just be prepared. Pullbacks are a healthy function of the market. They allow new investors to come into a rising market and signal profit-taking for smart money. Read more…
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Michael Snyder: 2012 is shaping up to be a very tough year for the global economy. All over the world there are signs that economic activity is significantly slowing down. Many of these signs are detailed later on in this article. But most people don’t understand what is happening because they Read more…
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Martin D. Weiss: If you think our politicians are often hypocritical in their denials of financial sins, take a look at what’s happened in Europe: Read more…
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Corey Rosenbloom: With traders focused on the S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) at the round-number reference level of 1,300, let’s take a quick look at two competing classic price patterns that have formed into this critical level. Read more…
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Don Miller: If you’re a longtime investor, you’re no doubt familiar with the Price/Earnings (P/E) ratio – a common measure for valuing the stock market. But you may not be as familiar with the more-obscure Earnings/Price (E/P) ratio, which some experts refer to as the “earnings yield” on stocks. Read more…
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